Fare increases kicked in Sunday as part of a series of increases in recent years built into the cash-strapped MTA’s budget.

The base fare for subways and buses went up by 25 cents to $2.75. The price of a 30-day MetroCard jumped by $4.50 to $116.50. The cost of riding the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Railroad both went up about 4 percent.

Tolls are up about 4 percent for E-ZPass users at MTA bridges and tunnels, and about 6 to 10 percent for cash customers.

MTA Fare Hikes In Effect

The latest fare hikes come at a time when commuters are fed up with increasing delays on subways and trains that got worse over the course of a difficult, snowy winter.

“I just feel like the MTA is pretty incompetent, so it makes me really disgusted,” said Metro-North rider Boreta Singelton.

At an MTA board meeting on Monday, the President of MTA’s New York City Transit admitted that more needed to be done.

“While the system in some places is 110 years old, and signal system in some cases is 70 years. We can do better than where we are today,” Carmen Bianco said.

New MTA data shows only about 74 percent of subway trains arrived at their terminals at the end of the line on time, compared to 80 percent last year. And total delays rose 36 percent to nearly 43,000 per month, compared to about 31,600 per month last year, the data shows.

“We recognize our service is not where it needs to be,” said Joe Leader, senior vice president of the subway system. “And we are committed to improving our riders’ experience.”

Nearly 13,000 delays in January were caused by overcrowding, and only a small fraction — about 2,800 — were directly attributed to inclement weather, according to the data.

The MTA said Monday that it is launching an internal review to examine how to cut down on delays.

An estimated 8.6 million people ride the MTA’s railroads, buses and subway every weekday.